The late Mitch Leigh's home in Lenox Hill is listed for $38M in the market, says NY Curbed.
The five-story townhouse was originally bought for only $1.05M. However, the Georgian mansion is now for sale because Ms. Abby Leigh, his widow, has purchased another property to live in, notes NY Curbed.
The property was described on the listing in corcoran.com as:
"Perfectly positioned on a coveted townhouse block. Magnificent 25-foot-wide, five-story red brick limestone townhouse with 12,500+ square feet of interior space. Three exposures create a light filled home. Gracious Entertainment space and personal quarters that include a landscaped roof terrace, elevator from basement to roof terrace."
The Lenox Hill home has five bedrooms, 9.5 baths, and key features such as an elevator and a garden, as stated in the listing.
However, photos of the mansion's interior show that there's more to the house than this humble description.
The house's reading room will transport any booklover to fantasyland -- wide arrays of books in bookcases lining the walls, flank a long, formal reading table.
The living room boasts of elegance with all windows stretching from ceilings to floors, allowing natural light to enter.
Just like its facade, every room speaks of subtle class and elegance using only earth-tone colors of brown, white and light shades of yellow, and green, enhanced with black.
One would be in awe at how such simplicity can be more alluring and subdued at the same time. Even the home theater speaks of classic and old-Hollywood aura yet modern at the same time.
The rooftop terrace, with its artistic installations, feels like an open area museum.
Since its development, the house has gotten 38 times its original worth.
Mitch Leigh has composed for some Broadway comedies like "Too True to Be Good" (1963) and "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory" (1964). He was most celebrated for "Man of La Mancha" (1971) which earned him his Tony Award (Best Composer). "Man of La Mancha run for 2,328 performances and its signature song, "The Impossible Dream," praised and remembered for its ever-enduring lyrics of bravery and heroism, as noted by Times.
Here's the video of "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha" film (1972):
